…the hottest areas. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’ The best Sollya heterophylla I have ever seen growing outside is still doing well. Sollya heterophylla Sollya heterophylla A big rhododendron…

…buckleyi with its extraordinary red new growth. Very eye catching today but risky indeed in an early frost. Quercus buckleyi Quercus buckleyi A seed on a Magnolia grandiflora on the…

…repaired kitchen garden wall beside Giddle Orchard. repaired kitchen garden wall Camellia ‘Grandiflora Alba’ now full out and good even after Sunday night’s heavy rain. Camellia ‘Grandiflora Alba’ Camellia ‘Grandiflora…

…you saw the flower. This is how it looked today. Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora 2020 – CHW Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ now leafless and glowing in…

…garden. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ is not so ‘little’ now below the wall but its leaves and flowers are in comparison to pure grandiflora….

…this plant has flowered here. Wonderful brown/black/gold indumentum on the underside of its small leaves. Asia should try to propagate this. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ An…

…Another youngish plant also has a flower or two below the main ride. Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia ‘March till frost’ 1972 – FJW Cold spell started.1959 – FJW B.N.A…

…first flower on the Camellia ‘Noblissima’ by the front door. About the same as last year? Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Just as fine a flower on Magnolia grandiflora today as on Magnolia…

…on Magnolia grandiflora below the lawn. Magnolia grandiflora Acer saccherinum, the silver maple, has five-lobed leaves. Many blown off without turning colour but just a hint of the true yellow…

…– CHW A fine flower on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’ The fallen Quercus ilex branch close up. Quercus ilex Decent colours on Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’. Cornus ‘Eddie’s…